CU Boulder celebrates 50 years since Apollo 11

CU Boulder celebrates 50 years since Apollo 11

July 22, 2019

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of this landmark event, CU Boulder is highlighting the stories of scientists and engineers from across the university who contributed to the first five decades of human space exploration—and who are paving the way for future journeys to the moon and beyond.

Colorado Daily: CU Boulder to teach entrepreneurship workshops in each region of state

Colorado Daily: CU Boulder to teach entrepreneurship workshops in each region of state

July 22, 2019

Erick Mueller, executive director of the Deming Center for Entrepreneurship, has been touring the state to teach rural communities about entrepreneurship, hoping to help invigorate areas that have seen a decline in major industries.

CU Boulder to host congressional climate crisis hearing

CU Boulder to host congressional climate crisis hearing

July 22, 2019

CU Boulder will host the first field hearing of a special congressional committee on climate change on Thursday, Aug. 1. Rep. Joe Neguse, D-Colo., whose district includes Boulder, made the announcement this week.

Toolkit allows broad audience to make artificial muscles

Toolkit allows broad audience to make artificial muscles

July 15, 2019

Every advancement in the field of soft robotics brings researchers one step closer to developing wearable, surgical and collaborative robots that could safely and effectively help humans. This is why researchers in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder have released a toolkit to show scientists, hobbyists and entrepreneurs how to create their own artificial muscles.

Research compliance leadership transitions underway this summer

July 12, 2019

The Office of Research Integrity (ORI) and its subsidiary units will conclude several leadership transitions before the school year starts, including the August 16 retirement of Joe Rosse, associate vice chancellor of Research Integrity and Compliance, the shift of Director of Animal Resources and Attending Veterinarian Jon Reuter to replace...

CU team deploys multiple drones in tornado study

The air up there: CU Boulder team deploys multiple drones in tornado study

July 11, 2019

Project TORUS is a two-year partnership between CU Boulder, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (which is leading the work), Texas Tech University, the University of Oklahoma and the National Severe Storms Laboratory.

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CU Boulder spinout OnKure Therapeutics enrolls first cancer patient in clinical trial

July 3, 2019

A new drug therapy for cancer treatment, spun out of research performed in a CU Boulder biochemistry lab, may provide better results for patients with solid cancers and hematologic cancers, such as leukemia and lymphoma.

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Sixteen CU Boulder and CSU startups engage in customer discovery at inaugural Research-to-Market program

June 24, 2019

The inaugural Research-to-Market (R2M) program—hosted by Venture Partners at CU Boulder—guided researchers-turned-startup founders through the iterative process of finding a product-market fit and refining a value proposition for their respective technologies.

Faculty Fellow Donaldson featured in the Coloradan

Faculty Fellow Donaldson featured in the Coloradan

June 21, 2019

“From a neurobiological perspective, what do you need to form a bond, maintain a bond and overcome a loss?” asks Zoe Donaldson, a CU Boulder assistant professor of behavioral neuroscience and one of the 2018 RIO Faculty Fellows.

Physicist finds loose thread of string theory puzzle

Physicist finds loose thread of string theory puzzle

June 20, 2019

New research from a CU Boulder physicist might break open the mathematical puzzle that has stalled string theory research for decades. A University of Colorado Boulder physicist is one step closer to solving a string theory puzzle 20 years in the making.

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